used, geopolitical dominance has been reasserted by russia with an alliance with tehran. moscow and tehran essentially running the middle east. we have russia and syria fighting against our backed, our sponsored people on the ground of the we essentially have a regional world war of some sort. harris: what is our role in that? >> we have to be the counterforce. by withdrawing -- sandra: fighting russians in syria? >> no, as we've seen time and time again america has the ability to keep stability when we are there as forceful presence. when our allies like jordan, egypt and saudi arabia don't go to moscow to make a deal. they go to washington to make the deal. when is rallies feel we have their back. when our strength deters what happened, deters the kind of actions on behalf of vladmir putin who has totally capitalized on the fact that he knows president palm and his administration don't have that same world view that every american president has had, democrat and republican, sips world war ii, peace through strength is america's best